Basingstoke Energy Services

We are a registered co-operative set up in 2012. Our mission is to design & install renewable energy systems for the home, business, and the community.

[Basingstoke Energy Services @bescoop]

Hello, welcome to the new X account for Basingstoke Energy Services Cooperative.
Our original account was deleted for some reason.
Please follow us for updates from us and general renewable posts.
Thank you from the https://t.co/c3zQoO1vaZ team.

[Basingstoke Energy Services @bescoop]

@CSPopoff @duncancampbell This is the price paid for a "shovel ready" site ie not including any hardware. Basically it's the price AWS paid for an empty field but with the necessary permissions and connections to build a 1.2GW solar farm plus storage.

[Greener Basingstoke @EcoBasingstoke]

Climate & Nature Walk - June 7th 2025 - Date the Date! https://t.co/eYgCENMtLL
For more information see: https://t.co/KRYS0jvU0C

[Greener Basingstoke @EcoBasingstoke]

What would a carbon free #Basingstoke look and feel like? Here's one view from GB member @mcheath https://t.co/LrUUFcn4pM

[Dr Paul Dorfman @dorfman_p]

Farmers who graze sheep under #solar panels say it improves productivity. So why don’t we do it more?

https://t.co/KR4XvnAFgB

[Basingstoke Energy Services @bescoop]

@CoopParty @Ed_Miliband We've been designing and installing renewable energy systems for the last 12 years and we are a Co-op. We are going to need a huge expansion in community energy.

[Basingstoke Energy Services @bescoop]

We've been designing and building community owned energy systems for the last 12 years, under some pretty difficult regulatory polices. We hope the next government will focus on renewables, and focus on community ownership of renewables.

[Community Energy England @Comm1nrg]

.@UKLabour's #Manifesto contains bold plans to #EmpowerCommunityEnergy, create thousands more community-owned energy projects, bring huge community benefit and put people at the heart of the energy transformation! #WinWinWin

#GeneralElection @CoopParty

https://t.co/mhvd1lQlLp

[Basingstoke Energy Services @bescoop]

@Comm1nrg @UKLabour @CoopParty We've been designing and building community owned energy systems for the last 12 years, under some pretty difficult regulatory polices. We hope the next government will focus on renewables, and focus on community ownership of renewables.

[BusinessinBstoke @BasingstokeBiz]

Basingstoke Green Week is here and it's the perfect time to boost your sustainability skills!

Level 2 Understanding Environmental Sustainability Certificate at @bcot https://t.co/kuggqNoFmp

Green skills training from Innovation South Virtual Campus: https://t.co/nVaVCJJFSA

[Greener Basingstoke @EcoBasingstoke]

Want to find out how our candidates are going to tackle climate change (or not)? Well come along to B'stoke very own hustings. Details here. https://t.co/F8cicttkOa

[Greener Basingstoke @EcoBasingstoke]

@McHeath @KerryMP @LukeMLabour If @LukeMLabour becomes our MP we will certainly be "holding his feet to the fire" on that promise and a few others. The same goes for whomever is elected here! Including @MariaMillerUK @CllrMHS

[Martin Heath @McHeath]

Community ownership of energy assets is going to be a crucial element in delivering a just transition to a zero carbon economy. Hopefully @KerryMP and @LukeMLabour will deliver on it when in power. I've spoken to both. They say they will.

[Basingstoke Energy Services @bescoop]

We've been designing and building community owned energy systems for the last 12 years, under some pretty difficult regulatory polices. We hope the next government will focus on renewables, and focus on community ownership of renewables.

[Martin Heath @McHeath]

Community ownership of energy assets is going to be a crucial element in delivering a just transition to a zero carbon economy. Hopefully @KerryMP and @LukeMLabour will deliver on it when in power. I've spoken to both. They say they will.

[Basingstoke Energy Services @bescoop]

Without subsidies fossil fuel would be uneconomic.

[Jan Rosenow @janrosenow]

I often hear people say that without subsidies nobody would invest in renewable energy.

Not quite right. Take solar in sunny Britain: Since 2020 (first year with no subsidies for residential solar) the number of annual installations has increased >5x.

Why is this? Because solar PV makes economic sense now even in cloudy Britain and without any subsidies being paid.

Source @MCSCertified dashboard.

[Leon Simons 🌍 @LeonSimons8]

Wake the f*ck up!

[Basingstoke Energy Services @bescoop]

What will undermine UK agriculture is unmitigated climate change. Golf courses cover 100 times more land than solar farms. Most solar farms can be used for agriculture. Solar farms improve biodiversity.

[Solar Power Portal @SolarPowerPort]

EAC chair: solar progress must not “undermine” UK agriculture https://t.co/BVJnVa78hb

[Dr Charlie Gardner (also on the blue place) @CharlieJGardner]

I still sometimes hear the statistic that 97% of scientists agree on the causes of curent climate change - but that research was published in 2013!

A more recent analysis showed the consensus within the peer-reviewed literature to be over 99%, and perhaps as high as 99.9%

[Basingstoke Energy Services @bescoop]

@ProfBillMcGuire The current guaranteed price for power generated from Hinckley Point is £128/MWh. That's about twice the cost of solar or onshore wind. Nuclear is a very expensive option.

[Basingstoke Energy Services @bescoop]

Staying below 2 degrees is not a matter of science; it is a political choice. If we choose to take action, then staying under 2 degrees is possible. We know how we can abate climate change; our politicians are just choosing not to do it. That has to change.

[Basingstoke Energy Services @bescoop]

@BasingstokeBiz @InstaVoltUK #Basingstoke has at least two leading renewable energy companies @Instavolt is one of them!

[Steve Masters @AnothervoiceWB]

Great to be attending the @CESouthNRG regional forum.
Wonderful to see @zoenicholson4 & Emma O'Brien from #Lewes Council
& @TheGreenParty welcoming delegates.
#CommunityEnergy